THE AMERICAN 



MONTHLY 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL, 



VOL, XX. M^Y, 1899. NO. 5. 



CONTENTS. 



A Plea for the Study of Micro-Fungi, Pim 141-151 



On the Exhibition of Live Animals at Soirees, Hartog 153-156 



Uniformity and Accuracy, Cross 153-156 



Magnesium Light in Photo-Micrography, Procella 156-160 



Cleaning Glassware, Moore 160 162 



Editorial. — Color of Primitive Man, Pineal Gland, Varnishes 



aud Lables 162-163 



Microscopical Manipulation— Fixing and Staining Blood, 



Multiple Images in the Cornea of a Beetle's Eye 163-166 



Microscopical Societies. — Quekett Micros. Club, Phila. 



Moss Chapter, Royal Micros. Society 166-170 



New Publications. — Gage's Microscope 170 



A Plea For the Study of the Micro-Fungi. 



GREENWOOD PIM. 



The domain of natural science is now so vast that no 

 one person can deal in any detail with more than a small 

 section or sub-section if he wishes to do any serious 

 work, and not to be merely a scientific butterfly, flitting 

 about from one thing to another. Hence it follows that 

 specialization becomes inevitable, and this is true in mi- 

 croscopical science as in any other department, and the 

 possessor of a microscope must choose the subject at 

 which he desires to work, and stick to it ; but he must, 

 of course, acquire sufficient knowledge of the immediate 

 kindred subjects to be able readily to distinguish his own 

 specialities from those which most nearly approach them. 



To those whose taste lies in the direction of botanical 

 Entered at the post-office as second-class matter. 



